Naslov
The Evolution of the Female Lyric 'I' in Sylvia Plath's Poetry

Autori
Micarakis, Tihana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Odjel za anglistiku

Mjesto
Zadar

Datum
15.07

Godina
2020

Stranica
47

Mentor
Ukić Košta, Vesna

Ključne riječi
Sylvia Plath, female lyric ‘I’, identity, evolution, mirror, double

Sažetak
This MA paper sets out to explore the evolution of the female lyric ‘I’, its role and importance in the selected poems by Sylvia Plath. It attempts to show how Plath’s lyric persona is in constant search of her own identity embodied in various roles she assumes: patient, daughter, wife, mother, and poet. The paper demonstrates how the images of mirror and mirroring, as well as doubling, play an important role in the lyric persona’s quest for the true self. In Plath’s earlier poems we notice how lyric speakers deal with the problematic division of the self by seeking their true identity in their own or someone else’s reflection of themselves. The paper also shows how in her later poems the lyric ‘I’ seems to find her own self through her artistic voice. Plath’s speaker develops into an unconstrained and autonomous female self that recognizes gender inequality in a male-dominated society

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Književnost, Rodni studiji

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